Seriously, what makes this clown EMPLOYABLE THIS YEAR? My affection for Cashman is being tested. I know we need some innings eaters but surely we could let some of the kids from AAA or heck, even AA, give it a shot. Could they fare much worse? Ponson is effectively turning every lefty he faces into TED FREAKIN' WILLIAMS!!! He's allowing lefties to bat .337! What makes him worthy of starting every 5th day for a playoff contending team? I could post a mediocre record if you were gonna give me 8.53 runs per game!!!!

Just in case you either forgot about Fat Sid's career stats and you start barking "small sample size", I present the following:

1998 (Balt): 8-9, 5.27 ERA, 1.474 WHIP, .293 BAA

1999 (Balt): 12-12, 5.27 ERA, 1.462 WHIP, .282 BAA

2000 (Balt): 9-13, 4.82 ERA, 1.378 WHIP, .258 BAA

2001 (Balt): 5-10, 4.95 ERA, 1.431 WHIP, .289 BAA

2002 (Balt): 7-9, 4.09 ERA, 1.335 WHIP, .258 BAA

2003 (Balt, partial): 14-6, 3.77 ERA, 1.284 WHIP, .258 BAA

2003 (SF, partial): 3-6, 3.71 ERA, 1.206 WHIP, .255 BAA

2004 (Balt): 11-15, 5.30 ERA, 1.549 WHIP, .305 BAA

2005 (Balt): 7-11, 6.21 ERA, 1.726 WHIP, .331 BAA

2006 (StL): 4-4, 5.24 ERA, 1.617 WHIP, .308 BAA

2006 (NYY): 5-3, 10.47 ERA, 2.020 WHIP, .351 BAA

2007 (Min): 2-5, 6.93 ERA, 1.885 WHIP, .335 BAA

2008 (Tex): 4-1, 3.88 ERA, 1.563 WHIP, .307 BAA

2008 (NYY): 2-1, 6.08 ERA, 1.875 WHIP, .352 BAA

CAREER: 88-103, 4.92 ERA, 1.473 WHIP, .287 BAA

I'm stunned that he keeps getting chances to pitch. What stat on this array of data makes a GM say to himself "I think Ponson can help"? He had one year, ONE, where he had a sub-4 ERA and SEVEN years with an ERA over 5, excluding 2008.